GSV Webcasts

Number of Webcasts = 138

Presenter: Sue Blackwood

Information for website: In this presentation Sue Blackwood describes searching for her ancestor James Bate who lived in Scotland during the first half of the 18th century.

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Duration: 26 minutes
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Presenter: Martin Playne

In this presentation Martin Playne examines the lives of squatters in the early period of the Port Phillip settlement through the eyes of a squatter on the Campaspe River. He…

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Duration: 45 minutes
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Presenter: Maureen Trotter & Gayle Nicholas

In this presentation Maureen Trotter and Gayle Nicholas examine how their families lived and survived the 1890s depression years in Victoria.

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Duration: 31 minutes
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Presenter: Jeanette Mollenhauer

Dr Mollenhauer describes her researches into the history of Irish Step Dancing in Australia

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Duration: 30 minutes
Presenter: Alex de Fircks

Alex describes her journey researching her d Fircks family in Germany and Latvia

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Duration: 36 minutes
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Presenter: Clodagh Norwood

The presenter describes the life of Thomas Wainewright who was transported to Hobart for fraud. He became an artist and his portraits provide documentation of personalities in…

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Duration: 24 minutes
Presenter: Peter Collins

Peter Collins describes the life of William Smith, a UK Parliamentarian from 1784 to 1830. William Smith campaigned for the abolition of slavery and championed the Doctrine of…

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Duration: 9 minutes
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Presenter: Neil Horsburgh

Neil relates the story of Novello Nettelingham Burr, who was born on the Victorian goldfields, married into the Cant family who had Mormon convictions, lived in Utah…

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Duration: 38 minutes
Presenter: Susan Wight

Susan describes the life of Booth Hodgetts, 1758-1822, a nail ironmonger and industrialist, from Dudley, the capital of the Black Country. She also discusses various sources of…

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Duration: 10 minutes
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Presenter: Jenny Scammell

Jenny Scammell outlines her research into the life of her ancestor John Moushall who was an ivory turner in Birmingham and Manchester in the first half of the 19th century.

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Duration: 19 minutes
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Presenter: David Cox

David talks about the results of his research into four generations of the Cox Family who, in the 18th century, moved steadily west from Dorset into Devon.

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Duration: 30 minutes
Presenter: Michael J. Reynols

Michael Reynolds, a resident of Nenagh in County Tipperary, speaks about the military history of the town from the 19th century to the War of Independence. He discusses two…

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Duration: 50 minutes
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